Gilsdorf's Long Road to Automotive-Nirvana

[Gilsdorf]

Went with a N/A power steering reservior to clean up the bay a bit, it will also make the custom 4" stainless steel intake pipe take a straighter path (hasn't been built yet). I'm also having hard lines made for the PS and catch can that will hug the contours of the engine bay better than the factory rubber hose.

Another shot of the custom upper radiator pipe, also in stainless:

 

[Gilsdorf]

A little item I pick up reciently, not sure if I'm going to use it though:

OS Giken triple plate for the 7m, still need to figure out the conversion to push from pull. Possibly going with a hydraulic throwout set-up like Ron R's, but not for a while.
Something like this:

 

[suprahero]

SWEETNESS!!!! Everything is looking perfect. Keep the pictures coming as you progress............:love:

 

[Gilsdorf]

Oliver,

I used that Dupli-Color blue anodized paint, it looks pretty good in the picture, but up close there are is a lot of orange peel, the oil pan turned out better.

I'm switching to N/A valve covers that I'm having polished. Since I went to a coil on plug set-up the indents (where the stock coils mounted) on the Turbo valve covers has been bothering me. I even have a set of 1jz valve covers that I may mod in the future to fit.

The flywheel is from RPS, it is their segmented aluminum cyner-g FW, in my humble opinion the best one on the market. It weighed in at just under 11lbs, and the segmented friction surface won't warp like some of the other lightweight flywheels out there.

Matt

nice !!! pauter rods and ross pistons good choice!
whats back there i see spec stage 3 and what flywheel is that??

just wondering.... what'cha use to paint the valve covers??

 

[Gilsdorf]

Someone just asked me how much in total I've spent on this car so they can estimate what they need to put away.

Let me just say that I'm nowhere near Duane or Ron R's (or even a few others on SM) money.

But if I did total it all up my wife would:

A) Shit a forged aluminum brick and then beat me to death with it!
B) Blow searing hot flames out of her mouth while beating me to death with a carbon fiber drive shaft.
C) Crush my skull with the extra JDM engine I have sitting in her garage spot while molten stainless steel lugies are spit in my face.
D) Be all warm and nice until the most inoportune moment when her teeth turn into rock crushing spikes and she dispatches my soul Lorrain Bobbet style.
E) All of the above.

Have a nice day,
Matt

 

[JB91389]

Very Nice! Keep up the great work!

 

[suprahero]

If she's doing it Lorainn Bobbett style, my soul would be the least of my worries...........:biglaugh:

 

[Gilsdorf]

Couple more "Turbo-A" items I've collected, still deciding on whether or not I'm going to use them.

Door decals:

Rear emblem:

 

[polobai]

pm'd.

 

[Gilsdorf]

pm'd.

Replied.

 

[rot 90na-t]

keep up the good work matt!!

its coming along swell i see!

cheerio

 

[Gilsdorf]

Some more progress pics.

The duct sits a tiny bit high an slightly crooked, it will come down about 1/2" before it is set.

 

[Gilsdorf]

Update:
Just sourced a genuine Toyota Turbo-A duct from down under. So now I have two never installed replicas and two used bumpers for sale.

 

[s383mmber1]

Everything is looking AWESOME!!!!!!!

 

[buckshotglass]

Nice job on the car, rims are sweet. Nice job on the thread too. Pleanty of pics, and lots of shiny stuff to look at!:icon_bigg

 

[Gilsdorf]

Turbo-A duct arrived today.
Will post pics later this evening.
Matt

 

[Gilsdorf]

The brand new genuine Turbo-A duct.

 

[supra90turbo]

oh my, that's awesome.
This is such a good thread.

 

[Zumtizzle]

Damn Your Supra is Sweet, Nice Duct

 

[rakkasan]

*suscribed* Nice work!